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this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2025
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This is not adhd related as far as I can tell? My entire family is afflicted but none of us rely much on navigation anywhere.
I have ADHD, I don't use GPS 99% of the time. No reason, I just know where to go, where's north/south etc...
Someone can drive me somewhere and back home, and there's a damn good chance I can do that drive again without any assistance.
It is. Try as I might, getting distracted by things happening around me or just random thoughts makes me not remember where I need to go/have gone.
Please try and remember that symptoms and severity of same vary wildly within ADHD.
I believe it’s more of an age thing to be honest. I know plenty avid hikers who couldnt tell where’s south on a sunny day at noon, and have to navigate via maps when walking to a restaurant two blocks away, most of them without symptoms, but under 33.
However, also my ADHD friends over 35 are pretty good in finding someplace after a quick glance at a map before starting.
That's a lovely little theory, but I'm 42. This isn't about growing up with the apps and becoming overly reliant on them.
Back before GPS apps were an option, I'd just get lost all the fucking time. To me, they're like a prosthetic leg where before, I was just hopping around on one foot, figuratively speaking.